New Orleans Point Guard gets first start of the season…
Hornets PG Greivis Vasquez drives against Mike Conley of the Grizzlies. He is our Sleeper of the Week! Photo: Rusty Costanza, The Times-Picayune
As we tweeted at 3:20 this afternoon, we urged those in fantasy leagues to grab PG/SG Greivis Vasquez of the New Orleans Hornets off of waivers. Marco Bellinelli and DaJuan Summers have been struggling and so coach Monty Williams Jr. has been giving Vasquez some extra minutes in the last four games. However on Wednesday, Vasquez played for 28 minutes and scored a career high 20 points and 12 assists. He also added 6 rebounds, 3 threes, and a steal.
Over the past four games he has averaged 12.3 points, 7 assists and 2.7 boards. Tonight, as expected, coach started the 28th all around pick of the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2010 draft and he has continued to impress with his hot shooting and all around great play. He finished the game vs the Spurs with 16 points and 5 assists. He also added 3 rebounds and 2 steals. He played just under 34 minutes, more than any other Hornet and took more shots (14) than any of his teammates. He’s focused, quick, “agile & mobile” (as Walt Clyde Frazier would like to say). He’s 14 for 24 in his last two games; shooting at a 58% clip, scoring 36 points with 17 assists.
So there is no doubt, at least for the moment, that the starting point guard position for the Hornets is Vasquez’ to lose. Coach Williams has shown a lot of confidence in the 2nd year guard out of Maryland and we believe he should be picked up in all leagues and formats- as soon as possible! He is currently owned in just 9% of Yahoo! leagues.
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Nice looking out, I’ll check him out!
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What about Jarret Jack?
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Jarret Jack, although having a great year, would not qualify as a ‘Sleeper’ candidate as he’s already owned in 90% of leagues. Greivis Vasquez was owned in 9 % when this posted and is now up to 13%.
Jack has been doing well most of the season. Vasquez just started to turn it around in his last 5 games now that he has been given more minutes and as of last night, became the Hornets starter.
Hope this answers your question TM.
Thanks for the comment!
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TM: Misunderstood. You probably meant what happened to Jarret Jack last night. He was out with what they’re calling ‘Knee soreness’. Doesn’t sound too serious though. Vasquez will go back to SG once Jack returns, competing for time with an ineffective Marco Bellinelli and DaJuan Summers. He’ll play 24-28 minutes a night which seems to be plenty for him to be fantasy relevant.
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